was wotd|2006|May|28
English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-normalize.ogg|Audio (US)
Alternative spellings
normalise (UK)
Verb
en-verb|normalizes|normalizing|normalized
- To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
#:We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them.
- To make normal, to make standard
#:There is little hope that the two countries will normalize relations; the administration of each country seems to hate each other and would just as soon stay on bad terms.
- statistics To reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
#:After we properly normalize the measurements with respect to age, gender, geography and economic considerations, there remains little evidence of a difference between the two groups.
Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|to normalize
Dutch: normaliseren
trans-mid
trans-bottom
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